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New Release: St. Nicholas of Hell’s Kitchen, a Silencer Christmas novella

Posted on December 23, 2016 by Cora

I promised you more new release announcements in the run up to the holidays and here is number 2. This one is for St. Nicholas of Hell’s Kitchen, a Silencer Christmas novella. Now I’ve always been fond of the Silencer … Continue reading →

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Two new Helen Shepherd Mysteries available: A Bullet for Father Christmas and Paris Green

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Cora

Just in time for St. Nicholas Day, I have two new stories in the Helen Shepherd Mysteries series to announce. The first novelette is a holiday mystery called A Bullet for Father Christmas. After the success of Christmas Gifts last … Continue reading →

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Bride of the Girl Cooties

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Cora

Oh my God, the girl cooties are not just polluting SFF with their sheer femaleness, now they’re lesbian as well! It’s the end of the universe as we know it, I’m telling you. Anyway, the overlapping discussions about science fiction … Continue reading →

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Cora goes to Osnabrück and discovers a new genre name

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Cora

I’ve been absent for three days now, because it’s been a busy week. Besides, I took the day off on Wednesday to take the train to Osnabrück, a city approximately 120 kilometers to the southwest of Bremen. I really like … Continue reading →

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Paranormal Romance and the Alpha Male

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Cora

At All About Romance, Lynn Spencer wonders whether heroes in paranormal romance are given a pass for controlling, stalkerish and sometimes outright violent behaviour towards their heroines that readers would not tolerate in historical or contemporary romances. Now I have … Continue reading →

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Sometimes, it just hits a bit too close to home

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Cora

The phone system is working again – at least for now. There was no exterior intervention, it just suddenly worked again. However, I’m still having online trouble such as getting assigned weird IP addresses. Plus, I cannot access certain sites … Continue reading →

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Bodily Functions in Fiction and Reality

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Cora

Either I have caught some kind of stomach bug or I simply ate something that disagreed with me. I sincerely hope the culprit wasn’t this recipe from the New York Times site that I tried out on Wednesday, because I … Continue reading →

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A Bouquet of Writing Links

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Cora

I don’t really have anything of interest to say, too busy with translating and writing to do much else, so have a couple of writing links instead: Theodora Goss has a great post on the importance of writing every day. … Continue reading →

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Recently Read Books

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Cora

One of the things I used to do a lot on the old blog was talk about books I’d read, films and TV shows I’ve seen. I already had one TV post (well, sort of), so here’s a book post. … Continue reading →

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